Shipping-crate.



F. MARQUARDT.

SHIPPING CRATE. APPucATloN FILED DEC. 17. 19:3.

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FREDERICK MARQUABDT, OF MILWAUKEE VIISCONSIN.

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Application filed December 17, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK MAR- ouano'r, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in ShippingCrates, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to shipping crates, particularly those used fordelivering bottled goods, and has for its object to provide a cratewhich will withstand the rough treatment to which such crates areusually subjected and which will be adapted to have broken parts readilyreplaced without the necessity for taking the entire crate apart.

IVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in theshipping crate as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like characters ofreference indicate the same parts in different views: Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a crate constructed in accordance with this invention,parts being broken away for clearness of illustration; Fig. 2 is an endview thereof; and, Fig. 3 is a bottom view thereof.

In these drawings 10 indicates the ends of the crate and 11 the sidesthereof, which are of ordinary construction and are secured together inthe usual manner to form a rectangular body, the ends having hand holes12 near their upper edges which are closed on the inside by swingingmetal flaps 13 to protect the contents from light. Bottom boards 14extend crosswise of the crate and are nailed directly to the sides 11and narrow end strips 15 of the same thickness as the bottom boards aresecurely fastened to the end pieces 10 to form a permanent part of thebottom of the crate. Beneath the bottom boards near each side of thecrate is a lengthwise extending strip of wood forming a cleat or runner16 which is only secured at its ends to the strips 15 and is without adirect connection with the bottom boards 14: and is spaced from the sideof the crate a suflicient distance to permit the ready removal of thenails which hold the bottom boards so that said bottom boards may beremoved when they become damaged and other bottom boards may besubstituted therefor without the necessity for removing any other partof the crate, the bottom boards Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 26, 1915.

Serial No. 897,223.

being merely slipped lengthwise out of place after the nails are removedand other bottom boards being moved into place in a like manner. Inorder that the crate may have greater durability it is desirable that itshould be bound with metal straps holding the permanent parts together.Thus, at each corner a metal strap 17 is secured at one end to the upperedge of the end piece 10 and then passes along the edge of the sidepiece 11, held by the nails which hold the side piece 11 to the endpiece 10, and then passes along the strips 15 at the bottom of thecrate, being bent around the cleats 16 and held by the nails whichsecure said cleat and strip 15 to the end piece 10. At each corner ofthe crate there is also a metal strap 18 which is secured to the endpiece 10 by having teeth 19 struck therefrom and driven into the endpiece 10, said metal strap passing around the end of cleat 16, crossingthe binding strap 17 and similarly secured to the bottom of cleat 16.

A crate constructed in accordance with this invention is not only moredurable than crates of ordinary construction by reason of the provisionof the cleats 16 which protect the bottom and strengthen the structurethroughout, but the bottom boards which are the first parts to show wearor become broken can be quickly and easily replaced without thenecessity for removing other parts of the crate and thus the cratestructure is not weakened by replacing a dam aged bottom board and themaking of repairs is greatly simplified.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shipping crate with renewable bottom, comprising a body formed ofsides and ends, end strips secured to the lower edge of the body in theplane of the ends of the body and of a width approximating the thicknessof the ends of the body, cleats extending longitudinally of the body andconnected at their ends to the end strips and spaced inwardly from thesides of the crate, and bottom boards extending transversely of the bodyand positioned between the cleats and the edges of the sides of the bodyand filling the space between the end strips and provided withconnecting means at their ends for engaging the sides of the body, suchconnecting means being accessible for the removal of the bottom boardsfor replacing the same when damaged.

2. A crate, comprising a body formed of sides and ends,wcleatswsecnredto the .body lengthwise thereof and spaced beneath theedges of the body and also spaced inwardly from the sides of the body toform parallel iskids, and ,removable transverse =botto1n boards fitting"between the cleats and the and connected at their ends to the end strips--and spaced from the sides 01"- the crate' to permit access to theconnecting means of the .then passing along the end of theendstrip andaround the cleat, and a second binding strap at each corner of the crateconnected with the end of the crate and passing around the end of thecleat and crossing the first -1nentioned binding strap and secured tothe "cleat.

In testimony whereof'I afiixniy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK MARQUARDT. lVitnesses:

C. H. KEEN-RY, EMILY 1 SCHOWADTER.

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